I've gotten lots of questions about our top ten and how songs are rated, so I thought I'd jot down a couple notes about it.Live 365 rates songs in a couple ways.  The first is negative.  When you turn the station off, whatever song is playing gets a strike against it.  I don't know exactly how the math works on that, I just know that it counts against a song when you turn off the station.  So, the bottom line for this is - don't turn the station off on a song you like (if you can help it).  The best thing is to turn it off during one of the station I.D.'s or greetings.

To positively vote for a song, you need to listen through Live 365.  The player on their site has a couple small cartoon hands in the upper left corner - one giving a thumbs up and one giving a thumbs down.  Clicking on the thumbs up counts as a vote for that particular song.  I haven't experimented with it enough to know if clicking it lots of times means lots of votes, or if it's just one vote per person per song.

Since we have such an extensive on-air library, the top ten list changes almost every day during November, as all the music gets added.  By December, the library is pretty much set, though there's still a lot of fluctuation from one week to the next.  I'll do my best to post new lists on Friday's, so make sure you check back!

And if you want your voice to be heard, just listen to the Sounds of Christmas through Live 365, which you can do right here:  http://www.live365.com/stations/soundsofchristmas

Thanks so much for listening!  And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken

 
 
So it's been a week already!

We're still loading lots of new music and putting together new episodes of Meet the Artist, but I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for stopping by and listening.

I know it's early for some.  I mean, we just got rid of our Halloween pumpkins. 

Nevertheless, the Sounds of Christmas is on, and for anyone who's ready for Christmas music, we're ready for you!

It looks like we're starting out with another record-breaking season.  One week into November (okay, 9 days) and we already have listeners in 45 states, Washington DC and 35 other countries!

Don't forget to click on the bottom of our home page to send us your requests!  And if you want to be a part of this year's fifth year anniversary, click on BE A PART OF THE SHOW to see how you can...well...be a part of the show!

Thanks again!

And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken

 
 
We officially started the Christmas tunes last night at midnight, as October gave way to November.  And I'm blown away by the reception!

As I type this, we've been back on for about 16 hours.  And we already have listeners in 33 states and 13 other countries!

Thanks so much to everyone that has already tuned in!   And for those who aren't quite ready for Christmas music, yet, we'll be hear, ready for you, when you are!

And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken
 
 
Happy Halloween!

While we aren't officially on the air, yet, we are up and running, making sure everything works and getting all the music loaded.

In the meantime, you can enjoy something that's more appropriate for today's holiday.  It's kind of like our station is the Sounds of Halloween, at least for today!

Just click on the tree on the home page and enjoy hours of music fitting for the season - from Bing Crosby's classic song from Disney's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" to a brand new haunted house song from the Plain White T's!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  And may you always believe in Santa Claus (even on Halloween)!

Ken